Joy To Speak At Gold Key Dinner

April 06, 1997

* Mike Joy, one of the leading motorsports announcers in the nation, will be a guest speaker at the 56th Gold Key Dinner sponsored by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance April 20 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington.

Joy, a West Hartford native, has called 16 Daytona 500s for CBS Sports. Randy LaJoie of Norwalk, the 1996 Busch Grand National champion, will receive the President's Award, and Bill Slater of Manchester, a legendary figure at local racetracks, will receive a Good Sport Award.

The dinner, which begins at 2:15 p.m., will be dedicated to retiring coaches Carmen Cozza (Yale football) and Joe Morrone (UConn men's soccer).

* Female Athlete of the Year: Kerry Connors, UConn soccer. * Male Athlete of the Year: Jesse Showerda, University of New Haven football. * High School Coach of the Year (male sport): Jim Penders, East Catholic- Manchester baseball.